25 Green Desserts to Enjoy on St. Patrick’s Day
Updated: Jan. 23, 2024
St. Patrick's Day is about more than green beer and corned beef. It's the perfect time to make a festive green dessert. Try our recipes for mint ice cream, pistachio fluff, Key lime pie and more.
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Pistachio Mallow Fluff
Sometimes known as “Watergate Salad,” this pistachio fluff is a classic 1970s dessert. However, we think pistachios, pineapple and plenty of fluff is a timeless combination. Add a few extra drops of food coloring and you’ve got one of our favorite green desserts for St. Patrick’s Day.
St. Patrick’s Day is a celebration of Irish culture through drinks, food, and a whole lot of partying. Try this St. Patrick’s Day party food. These snacks, treats, and—yes—drinks will keep the good luck flowing.
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Shamrock Cookies
A list of green desserts without shamrock cookies? Not a chance! A handy cookie cutter shapes these sensational sweets. With a hint of mint flavor, these shamrock cookies are especially yummy with hot cocoa or chocolate milk.From breakfast to dinner and drinks to desserts, get in the spirit with some green food for St. Patrick’s Day.
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Pistachio and Coconut Cake
This coconut cake is good any time of the year, but the color is perfect for St. Patrick’s Day. The secret is adding instant pistachio pudding mix into the cake mix and the frosting.
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St. Patrick’s Day Cupcakes
These St. Patrick’s Day cupcakes never last long. The pistachio pudding mix gives them a mild flavor and their pretty pastel color makes them a perfect green dessert for this lively holiday.
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Mint Chocolate Cheesecake
A splash of creme de menthe gives this cheesecake its signature flavor and color. Community Cook and recipe creator Sue Gronholz of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, says that you can stir chopped up cookie pieces right into the batter for extra crunch.
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Fluffy Key Lime Pie
Need green desserts fast? This no-bake pie uses whipped topping, gelatin and Key lime yogurt for a fuss-free filling.
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Minty Ice Cream Shamrocks
With a soft, chewy chocolate cookie and festive mint ice cream, these fun desserts are a sweet delight on St. Patrick’s Day. You can cut out the cookie wafers in any shape you choose and use any flavor ice cream. Try heart shapes for Valentine’s Day filled with strawberry ice cream.
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Coconut Pistachio Pie
Our Test Kitchen skipped the traditional graham cracker crust for this recipe. Instead, we used toasted coconut that pairs so well with pistachio. It’s one of those green desserts we can’t get enough of—no matter what time of year.
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Easy Mint Thins
When we say easy, we mean easy. These chocolate-mint treats start with Ritz crackers. To make them look over-the-top for St. Patrick’s Day (or any holiday), finish with plenty of sprinkles and a drizzle of chocolate.
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Mint Swirl Fudge Cake
This might not look like a green dessert at first, but slice into this Bundt cake and find a beautiful green ribbon of mint filling. You can give your guests a little preview by sprinkling chopped chocolate-mint candies on top.
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Pistachio Cookies
In need of a bite-size green dessert? These extra-tender cookies fit the bill. This recipe uses pistachio pudding mix, almond extract and toasted pecans for three times the nutty flavor.
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Creme de Menthe Cupcakes
We use creme de menthe liqueur (the term means “mint cream” in French) to add a cool touch to these impressive mascarpone-frosted cupcakes. With a few drops of food dye, you can transform these cupcakes into tasty green desserts.
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Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
With a good ice cream maker at home, stirring up homemade ice cream anytime is a breeze. Add a few drops of food dye to this recipe for the signature mint green color.
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Lime-in-the-Coconut Almond Bark
Think outside the brown box with chocolate bark recipes. This one combines white baking chips, lime zest, coconut and almonds for a tropical-inspired treat.
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Pistachio Buttons
This cookie recipe makes a big batch, which comes in handy when hosting. The green center adds a festive touch for Christmas or St. Patrick’s Day.
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Good Luck Irish Cookies
This is one of those green desserts that you’ll crave well beyond St. Pat’s Day. Good thing drop cookies like these are so easy to make.
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Raspberry Matcha Cake Roll
Not all green desserts use food coloring. Matcha gives this cake a vibrant color. This tender cake roll with whipped cream has a very light texture and is perfect for spring.
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Frozen Grasshopper Torte
If you want to add more food coloring to this dessert, feel free! A few drops will make this a very festive green dessert. For best results, remove it from the freezer about 15 minutes before slicing.
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Chocolate Mint Creams
These chocolate-mint cookies are reminiscent of everyone’s favorite Girl Scout cookie. If you love this flavor combo, we’ve got plenty more chocolate-mint desserts to try.
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Red Curry-Pandan Ice Cream
The curry and coconut flavors are subtle, allowing the flavor of pandan leaves to shine. Pandan is a tropical plant that grows in Southeast Asia with a naturally sweet, bright flavor. This might be an unexpected ice cream flavor, but one that’s worth trying for adventurous eaters in search of green desserts.
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Clover Rice Crispy Bars
These sweet snacks are like the pot of gold at the end of your family’s feast. With their yummy peppermint and marshmallow flavor, they’ll make even those without Irish hearts happy. These rice crispy bars will have the cook smiling, too, because they’re so easy to assemble.
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Nana’s Chocolate Cupcakes with Mint Frosting
Andes candies star in so many of our favorite desserts (check out these Andes mint cookies and mint brownie dessert). Here, we use it for topping.
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Butter Mint Cookies
Sometimes all you need is an extra dose of sprinkles or colored sugar to transform a simple, sweet creation into a St. Patrick’s Day green dessert.
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Grasshopper Pie
Start with a premade crust for this no-bake pie. Don’t forget to add a sprinkling of chocolate-mint cookies on top as a finishing touch!
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Easy Pistachio Tube Cake
Mixes make this green dessert easy to fix. For best results, use a fluted tube pan with a less elaborate design. It’ll make getting the cake out of the Bundt pan a cinch.Originally Published: February 13, 2023
